Warner Bros will soon receive a script from Akiva Goldsman, with the intention of making a decision on whether to greenlight the first installation of the ambitious and troubled project within the next two weeks.

The Dark Tower centres around Deschain, the last of an order of warriors called the Gunslingers, who travels with his motley companions through a crumbling world in search of the titular hub of all reality.

The seven-volume series has spawned numerous Marvel Comics adaptations and, recently, a new novel The Wind Through the Keyhole.

Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Goldsman initially envisioned the project as several films linked by television series.